S.C. History

South Carolina's historical events, people and places. Content has been curated to meet South Carolina Social Studies Standards.
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Bernice Robinson (1914-1994) | Road Trip
Bernice Robinson (1914-1994) | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

A veteran in the civil rights movement, Bernice Robinson's outstanding voter education work contributed to the election of many African American public officials in the South. The native Charlestonian...
Matthew J. Perry, Jr. (1921-2011) | Road Trip
Matthew J. Perry, Jr. (1921-2011) | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

The Honorable Matthew J. Perry, Jr. helped win a number of monumental cases in the U.S. Supreme Court, and he secured the release of over 7,000 persons who were arrested for participating in civil...
Levi Pearson (1892 - 1970) | Road Trip
Levi Pearson (1892 - 1970) | Road Trip

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Grades: 5 8

Levi Pearson, and other parents whose children attended Scotts Branch High School, wanted the county to provide buses for their children. Mr. Pearson was encouraged by Rev. Joseph Armstrong DeLaine...
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) | Road Trip
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) | Road Trip

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8

Rosa Parks is credited as the mother of the civil rights movement. On December 1, 1955, the tired seamstress refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. She was...
Robert John Palmer (1926-1995) | Road Trip
Robert John Palmer (1926-1995) | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

From the 1960s until the early 1980s Palmer was very active in political, civic and religious activities in the state. His generosity was extended to individuals and various organizations like the...
Rev. I. DeQuincey Newman (1911-1985) | Road Trip
Rev. I. DeQuincey Newman (1911-1985) | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

Born in Darlington County, the Rev. Isaiah DeQuincey Newman was one of South Carolina's most respected leaders. For more than 40 years he was one of the most influential leaders in the civil rights...
Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005) | Road Trip
Constance Baker Motley (1921-2005) | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

Constance Baker Motley, an NAACP attorney, rests her body and feet after a day-long legal skirmish in a South Carolina federal courtroom battling with Clemson College officials who sought to prevent...
Fred Moore | Road Trip
Fred Moore | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

Photo courtesy of Cecil Williams. Fred Moore is pictured at the podium in White Hall on the campus of South Carolina State College speaking to his fellow students about civil rights activities in...
Henri Monteith Treadwell | Road Trip
Henri Monteith Treadwell | Road Trip

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Grades: 6 7 8

In 1963, seventeen-year old Henri Monteith Treadwell was one of the first three black students - along with Robert Anderson and James Solomon - admitted under federal court action to the University of...